Jolter. Pallet, who happened to be at the door when this messenger
arrived, and heard him inquire for the tutor, ran directly to that
gentleman's apartment, and in manifest disorder, told him that a
huge fellow of a soldier, with a monstrous pair of whiskers, and
fur cap as big as a bushel, was asking for him at the door. The
poor governor began to shake at this intimation, though he was
not conscious of having committed anything that could attract the
attention of the state. When the officer appeared at his chamber
door, his confusion increased to such a degree, that his perception
seemed to vanish, and the subaltern repeated the purport of his errand
three times, before he could comprehend his meaning, or venture to
receive the letter which he presented. At length he summoned all
his fortitude, and having perused the epistle, his terror sank into
anxiety. His ingenuous fear immediately suggested, that Peregrine
was confined in a dungeon, for some outrage he had committed. He
ran with great agitation to a trunk, and, taking out a bundle of
papers, followed his conductor, being attended by the painter, to
whom he had hinted his apprehension.
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